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M6 invests in new Ivory Coast channel Life TV
M6 has invested in a new digital terrestrial TV (DTT) station that is due to…
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Discovery appoints Australia and New Zealand boss
Discovery has appointed Rebecca Kent as general manager, Australia and New Zealand, following a nine-month stint doing the…
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A+E Networks UK renews channels deal with TalkTalk
A+E Networks UK will continue to distribute its pay channel brands via TalkTalk after renewing…
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BBC poaches Channel 4’s finance director
Channel 4’s group finance director, Glyn Isherwood, will swap public service broadcasters in the new…
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RT’s French language channel goes live
The RT news network’s first French language TV channel, RT France, has gone live, covering…
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UK selects BBFC to enforce age verification of adult sites
The UK government has formally proposed that the British Board of Film Classification (BBFC) be…
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Doc boss Sheila Nevins exits HBO after 38 years
HBO Documentary Films’ influential president Sheila Nevins is leaving the premium US pay business after…
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YouTube VR launches on Steam platform
YouTube has launched the YouTube VR app on the Steam platform, making it available via…
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Ofcom: BT most complained about UK pay TV provider in Q2
BT generated the highest number of complaints among the UK’s pay TV operators in the…
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Mouse catches Fox: how Disney-Fox might look
While AT&T’s US$85 billion acquisition of Time Warner is the biggest media deal in purely…
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SpotX: OTT video ad spend up 18-fold in 2017
The amount of advertising dollars spent on over-the-top (OTT) video inventory grew nearly 18-fold year-on-year…
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MTV goes free-to-air in Germany
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MTV as a free-to-air channel in Germany. The music and…
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BET Networks names new president
BET Networks, the US network targeting African Americans, has named Viacom’s Scott M. Mills as…
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MTG secures rights to UEFA Futsal tournament
Modern Times Group (MTG) has secured the exclusive Nordic media rights to five-a-side-football variant Futsal’s…
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Arris launches new broadband gateways
Broadband technology outfit Arris has launched two new broadband gateway devices, the NVG578 and NVG558,…
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Globecast ups Sylvain Merle to COO
Globecast has upped chief technology officer (CTO) Sylvain Merle to chief operating officer (COO), replacing…
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Disney secures US$66bn Fox entertainment takeover
The Walt Disney Company has secured a US$66 billion deal that hands it most of…
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NHK World TV joins Unitymedia line-up
NHK World TV – the Japanese news, culture and lifestyle channel that broadcasts in the…
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PBS America launches on Freeview
PBS America has launched on Freeview, marking the free-to-air UK platform’s 12th and final channel launch…
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Channel 5 to launch premium linear channel
Viacom’s UK broadcaster, Channel 5, will launch a “premium channel” focused on high-end factual, documentaries…
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Com Hem takes Bonnier’s Sports Channel
Sweden’s Bonnier Broadcasting, owner of TV4 and C More, has signed a deal with Com…
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Ofcom names four Channel 4 non-execs
UK media and communications regulator Ofcom has named four new non-executive directors for public broadcaster…
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Travelxp 4K taps MX1 for HD+ German launch
4K UHD travel and lifestyle channel Travelxp 4k has tapped SES-owned media services provider MX1…
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YouTube TV rolls launches in 34 new metro areas
YouTube has rolled out its subscription YouTube TV service to 34 new metro areas, making…
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Amazon buys first local French dramas
Amazon Prime Video is going a step further in the French market, with its first…
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Disney in clear as Comcast drops out of Fox race
Comcast will not pursue an acquisition of a suite of entertainment assets from 21st Century…
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Blue Planet II is BBC iPlayer’s top series of 2017
Big-ticket natural history series Blue Planet II is the most requested show on the iPlayer…
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Report: Apple to acquire Shazam for roughly US$400m
Apple is reportedly close to acquiring Shazam in a deal that could value the music…
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4KUniverse comes to Europe
4K UHD TV general entertainment streaming network 4KUniverse is launching in Europe this week, with…
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Tele Columbus’s Pepcom upgrades network
Tele Columbus-owned German cable operator Pepcom has upgraded the cable network in the town of…